The master Bankei's talks were attended not only by Zen students but by persons of all ranks and sects. He never quoted sutras not indulged in scholastic dissertations. Instead, his words were spoken directly from his heart to the hearts of...
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Posted on Jan.15.2008 @ 07:03PM EDTbychontri When an object does not intend to be in the field of perception of the mind;and the mind does not intend to come to the object to perceive it.But the object is perceived by the mind through the senses,And an image or an impression would be left on the mind,This is called "idea" or the seed of thought.

The "idea", therefore, did not come into being by itself as an entity.It did not come from the object itselfIt did not come from the the mind itself, either.If there were no object, then there would be no idea left on the mind.If there were no mind, then there would be no idea of the object, either.

If one holds on some idea and takes it as some meaning of the object, tightly and long,then the meaning of it wouldn't be established by far.Why would one hold on ideas too tight and too long?

Mind / No-Mind are concepts. When consciousness isn't going out to an object, there are no either / ors; their is neither simple nor complex; there is only awareness, which you can call Buddha nature, Christ consciousness, no-mind, et al.